Biochar

Biochar

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Biochar is charcoal used as a soil amendment - it is a stable solid, rich in carbon, and can endure in soil for thousands of years. Like most charcoal, biochar is made from biomass via pyrolysis. Independently, biochar can increase soil fertility of acidic soils (low pH soils), increase agricultural productivity, and provide protection against some foliar and soil-borne diseases. Biochar is being investigated as an approach to carbon sequestration, and thus has the potential to help mitigate climate change via carbon sequestration.

The Kon-Tiki Kiln

A short snippet video showing Microbiologist, Peter Howard, filling a 'Kon-Tiki Kiln' to create biochar. This style of kiln creates very little smoke, even with the starting kindling, as seen here. For more info on biochar and its benefits, contact our team.

Biochar and Subpod™

The Subpod™ composting system converts two waste streams to a single high value soil amendment: the compost worms take the kitchen waste input and loads the biochar generated from green waste with bio available minerals and diverse microbial flora.

When added to soil, sustainability is assured due to the 100 year plus persistence of the biochar which shelters the microbes and releases the minerals as needed. New plant biomass minerals are re-bound to the biochar with each cycle of annual plant growth and decay.

In fewer words: the worms turn kitchen waste into high grade fertiliser and the biochar is a durable substrate to hold the fertiliser minerals and house the microbes for hundreds of cycles during its lifespan in the soil.

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